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Srebrenica massacre victims remembered

A Bosnian woman is comforted by family members during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, Bosnia, July 11, 2013.

People from around Bosnia and abroad began arriving in Srebrenica Thursday to commemorate the 18th anniversary of the 1995 massacre and rebury recently identified victims.

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A Bosnian Muslim woman, survivor of the Srebrenica 1995 massacre, caresses the casket of a relative, at a memorial cemetery in the village of Potocarion near the Eastern-Bosnian town of Srebrenica, July 10, 2013.

The remains of 409 people recently identified after being found in mass graves were reburied at the Potocari Memorial Center on the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. This year's commemorations bring the total of identified victims to 6,066. Another 2,306 remain missing.

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Srebrenica massacre survivors carry the caskets of their relatives, July 10, 2013.

More than 15,000 people travelled to Potocari, near Srebrenica to attend the mass funeral of victims.

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Survivors carry caskets near the memorial cemetery in the village of Potocari, Bosnia, July 10, 2013.

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Srebrenica massacre survivors pray and cry near caskets layed out in a factory hangar, near the memorial cemetery, July 10, 2013.

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Bosnian Muslims search for the names of their relatives killed during the Srebrenica massacre, on a monument at a memorial cemetery, July 11, 2013.

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A Bosnian woman cries near the coffin of her relative during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, near Srebrenica, July 11, 2013.

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A Bosnian woman searches for her relative among 409 newly identified Srebrenica victims at the Potocari memorial cemetery, July 9, 2013.

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A Bosnian woman says prayers next to a child's coffin during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, July 11, 2013.

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Bosnian woman Zumreta Ahmetasevic prays amidst gravestones during a funeral ceremony at the memorial center in Potocari, July 11, 2013.

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Bosnian woman Hava Muhic, bottom left, is comforted by other women at the funeral of her baby during a mass funeral for Srebrenica victims at the memorial in Potocari, near Srebrenica, 160 kms east of Sarajevo, Bosnia, July 11, 2013.